Had another call from 414-962-9898 and when looking that up, saw this post. Thank you Fezzik01.
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Annoyed Citizen Fighting Back replies to Fezzik01
7 Sep 2010
Got through, here's what I learned and what I've done in the past and now:
The skinny: the calls from 414-962-9898 are being done on a Ameritech-Wisconsin Comm landline (not cell) from the city of Glendale (zip 53211) within Milwaukee County. Besides giving all transcribed info to those related police fraud depts and the state A.G.s (my state and Wisconsin) I've reported the same to the Do-Not-Call-Registry and will eventually drag these b*****ds into court for yet another payday at their expense (you do not have to be present in court, THE CONS DO, you prepare a thorough deposition), it pays to go after these cons. The more others use this info I gleaned the more unwanted attention will be directed to the crooks. The harder the times the more criminals try to scam/cheat good people out of their hard-earned and too few dollars.
Pressure also needs to be applied to Ameritech-Wisconsin they cannot plead innocent of responsibility once we directly confront the fact their system is the means from which the crooks are able to commit their scams. I filed complaints via email and phone (keep an accurate diary of all calls and who spoke to you and returned calls, give those those to appropriate Law Enforcement Agencies if they waffle, foot-drag or fail to take you seriously) to Ameritech-Wisconsin Comm and told them that they are aiding-abetting & profiting from the illegal/criminal activities of those using that ph#/landline and they have exposed themselves to civil liability once informed of this activity and fail to pursue in a timely fashion the termination of the service and co-operation with related authorities to prosecute the parties involved. Ameritech is like all corporations, large, polite when they need to be but seemingly unresponsive till the public image of which they (only) care about
Like many here I've been caught up in the wave of calls from number 414-962-9898. From what I was able to learn this is a typical money-scam(s) that is mainly targeting spanish speakers, counting on greed, desperation or both to con you. I speak portugese as a second language and was able to get past some of the false layers over the phone and turned the tables on them. Why bother you say? first if common citizens merely vent/complain to blogs or websites it may make you feel better but taking no action because it is "inconvenient" or you "don't have time for this" is exactly what these scammers are counting on to continue their annoying, invasive, ILLEGAL phone calls. Only by taking meaningful action (recordings turned into transcripts, more on that later) with certain agencies will there be any consequences, i.e. HEAT, placed on these law-breakers. Advice: keep all original info for your records in a secure place for future court cases and never surrender them to ANYONE unless due process of law is followed to the letter. Private Security & Investigators hired by the crooks or the phone companies (when they are facing a civil suit for scam aiding-abetting/allowing a public nuisance) will sometimes appear as LEOs and pretend to have police powers (NOT) or court warrants to confiscate evidence from and intimidate law-abiding citizens who righteously file complaints. The crooks (and the phone corporations) know there is a lot a stake and will use underhanded means and methods to silence citizens (remember: don't have time for this s**t?) It's happened to me and I don't lay down to self-serving crooks or companies that enable the crooks or refuse to take responsible action.
Back to my sting, if you respond in english they tend to cut you off and move on. The pitch was Wisconsin lottery winnings that were mine if I was willing to allow use of my bank account to electronically transfer the funds then transfer them back and I get to keep half the winnings while they avoid ICE and taxes (yeah right, heard this one before) what they do is once they have your acct & routing # your acct is CLEANED OUT INSTANTLY. I was able to get the lady (Yeslie) to stay on for 10min, she claimed to be from Guatemala (speaks a certain slang that my employees identified as from that region) lives in the country/state illegally. I got her voice on digital file plus the background noise of what sounded like a very busy office (telemarket or boiler-room) all of which has been given to my state A.G. and the Wisconsin A.G. The reverse look-up gave some solid info: the landline was owned/registered to Ameritech-Wisconsin (SBC) Communications Corp, for more see above.
For those who squirm at the thought of recording a phone scam for this purpose and get lousy advice that one must not do this because it is illegal, get real. All bets are off when the individuals on the other end are intruding on you and your loved ones privacy while BREAKING THE LAW. I have received civil judgements in 6 filings/suits against these criminals that made it worth the time to report & pursue them, it also took away from them the one thing that matters; THEIR MONEY. The choice is yours, be a victim or be a SURVIVOR... FIGHT BACK! It pays.